Azerbaijani military positions have come under Armenian fire in Aghdam and Nakhchivan regions, the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry reported.
In a statement published on its website the ministry said: “Members of the illegal Armenian armed detachment in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed, using various caliber weapons subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijan Army in the direction of the Papravend settlement of the Aghdam region, at 1845, on March 7.”
Furthermore, on March 8, at 0730, Armenian armed forces fired on Azerbaijani army positions in the direction of the Kilid settlement of Ordubad region of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on the state border.
The Azerbaijan army forces stationed in these directions responded appropriately. The situation in these directions is currently stable, with the Azerbaijan army units in command of the operational situation, the ministry said.
